Asset management

Now, armed with data from the rule’s rollout in Europe, asset managers in the U.S. have a better sense of each analysts’ worth — fairly or not.

Direct lenders, including hedge funds and buyout firms, are prepared to spend billions to lure borrowers away from the $1.2 trillion leveraged loan market.

So much faith has been put on the partial trade deal with China that stocks have nearly recovered since President Trump’s first round of tariffs on imports.

Funds that track custom-built indexes often seek exposure to securities based on factors like ESG and strategies that would typically be actively managed.

As asset managers create younger wholesaling teams, they're also adapting models that leverage digitally savvy hybrid roles.

The fund will track an index that divides the industry into five categories: pharmaceuticals, testing and analytics, cultivators, hemp and ancillary business.

The $1.8 billion deal is expected to close in mid-2020.

Jeff Smith's dismissal was first announced in a memo by CEO Larry Fink and President Rob Kapito, who only said the executive had violated corporate policy.

"It's going to become increasingly more important for financial professionals to understand the potential benefits of sustainable investing," an exec says.

“It’s going to become increasingly more important for financial professionals to understand the potential benefits of sustainable investing,” an executive says.

Like other bank-owned asset managers, the division is under pressure from new regulations such as MIFID II and a protracted shift toward passive investing.

To stand out from the crowd, some issuers have embraced thematic strategies focused on niche investments that could become the next boom industry.

The current impact of fund rebalancing on front-month VIX futures is about 20% of daily volume on the index’s contracts.

Rather than disclosing their portfolios every day like conventional ETFs, the nontransparent products will reveal their holdings at least once a quarter.

Equity funds tracking the sector are the second-most popular asset class after U.S. government bonds this year, BNP Paribas says.

Financed by their personal savings, the team behind the machine-learning fund have harnessed their engineering acumen to invest in developed markets.

Major repairs are needed to ensure Social Security’s long-term stability, according to an expert.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

The SEC's recently passed ETF modernization rule is just one regulatory change industry leaders expect will impact asset management in the years ahead.

The changes follow the firm’s recent move to cut some client fees on separately managed accounts.